Win the Ding 1617

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There is a saying that two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.

We press Li Shouhan's production of fruit that can spin [-] yarns and don't say anything, and we don't say that he wants to use potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn to make medical alcohol. We follow Zheng Zhibao's fleet.

Riding the westerly wind blowing in autumn and winter, Zheng Zhibao's fifteen boats returned to Xiamen within a few days. At this time, Xiamen had already changed its flag, and the flag flying above the city was already the flag of the Great Ming Dynasty.The soldiers on the street also put on red fat jackets.

Zheng Zhilong, known as the "Jade Jiaolong" who was the captain of the ship who roamed the sea in the past, is now the guerrilla general of the Five Tigers of the Ming Dynasty.When Zheng Zhibao saw him, Zheng Zhilong, the freshly-baked guerrilla general, was fiddling with official seals and affidavits in the hall.

"Big brother, fourth brother, I'm back!" Zheng Zhibao, the fifth younger brother, greeted his eldest brother and fourth brother Zheng Zhihu who was standing beside him.

"Old five, are you back?!" Seeing his fifth younger brother returning, Zhilong threw the bronze seal in his hand aside, stepped forward to hug the fifth younger brother, and looked up, down, left, and right.

"The fifth one seems to be gaining weight!" The fourth brother Zheng Zhihu beside him also had eyes full of love and protection.

"Well, the fifth one is a little fatter, and he looks good! Fifth, this time I was recruited, and the main official positions were given to leaders at all levels. You are my younger brother, so you have to be wronged. I don't have you for the time being." official position."

"Go to his official!" Zheng Zhibao curled his lips, "Then Li Shouhan of Nanzhong is just a thousand households with the title of garrison, but what should he do? Occupying one side by himself, opening a mansion and building teeth, how imposing! An official of the Ming court , is it a bird?!"

The three brothers laughed for a while, and Zhilong asked the fifth brother about his experience of going there this time.

Zheng Zhibao was also happy, and ordered his soldiers to take out the iron and steel sword presented by Shou Han, and hand it to the eldest brother and fourth brother to comment.

Seeing the bared iron steel knife that was cherished by his followers, Zheng Zhihu stretched out his hand and snatched one without saying a word. It felt heavy in his hand, and it seemed heavier than ordinary knives of the same size.Pulled out from the scabbard, a blue light flickered.

"Come!" He took off the Japanese sword on his waist and handed it to the attendant, "Let's try it!"

"Fourth Master, this..." The attendant hesitated.

"Stop talking nonsense, look at the knife!"

Zheng Zhihu is the most capable fighter in Zheng Zhilong's gang, and he immediately raised his sword and slashed at the Japanese sword in his hand!

The attendant didn't dare to be negligent, and hastily swung the Japanese sword Zhengzong in his hand to slash at the bared iron steel knife in Zheng Zhihu's hand.

There was only a crisp sound of metal and iron striking each other, followed by a soft "Dang Clang", and the Japanese sword that Zheng Zhihu spent a lot of money in his hand was made by a master craftsman from the Japanese country. In two cuts, the head of the knife fell to the ground.

"Hahaha!" Zheng Zhibao on the side applauded and laughed, "Fourth brother, I was pawned once on the boat back, and the same thing happened to my village rain handle, which was cut off with a single knife! Unexpectedly, your old palace The treasured sword that Musashi wanted so badly has ended up like this!"

"Fourth Master, I've offended you!" The attendant picked up the knife head that fell on the ground and wrapped it in a handkerchief. "I'll go back and send it to the fifth master's village rain to be repaired by a master."

"Fourth brother, this is nothing special, try this." Zhibao took a book from the side, and handed it to Zhihu. "Cut it with a knife!"

"You're crazy! The Outlaws of the Loyalty and Righteousness! The version from the Jiajing period! My brother's favorite reading on weekdays!"

"It doesn't matter, the big deal is that next time I go to South China for trade, I'll ask someone to bring a set back! Now the books there don't know how to use them. The cheap ones are messy, and the paper is clean and white, and they look great!" Zhi Zhi Leopard is a little nonchalant.

"Fourth, it's okay, since the fifth said so, you might as well try it!"

Zheng Zhilong saw the confidence of the fifth brother, and knew in his heart that this was probably the fifth brother's intention to show off in front of his brothers.

Slowly cut it down with a single knife, and the palm-thick "Water Margin of Loyalty" was neatly cut in half.It is not uncommon to cut gold and jade, and being able to cut a thick stack of paper proves that the steel mouth of this knife is indeed very important.

"Brother! It really is a good knife!"

Throwing an ingot of silver to the attendant as a reward, Zheng Zhihu refused to put down the precious sword in his hand again, "How much is this sword?"

"This knife was given to me by Cheng Yi when Li Shouhan sent me on board, and he didn't say how much it cost."

"Hey!" Zhihu complained loudly to Zhibao, "You should ask him, such a good weapon, no matter what I want to equip my team, even if I sell my wives to Li Shouhan You have to buy at least five hundred handles!"

"In this way, I won't be afraid anymore when I enter the formation with a single boat!"

Zhihu is the vanguard of Zheng Zhilong's gang. When fighting with hostile armed forces many times, he always took the lead in the vanguard. At the most dangerous time, his limbs were tied up by the opponent with hooks and iron chains. Fortunately, his subordinates desperately rescued him. Only then did it stand out.

Just now when he talked about his wife, Zheng Zhilong's wife, Tian Chuan, came out from the back hall surrounded by a group of maids and women, to greet his uncle who had returned from a trip.

"Meet my sister-in-law!"

When Zheng Zhibao saw his Fusang sister-in-law coming out, he naturally couldn't neglect, and hurriedly asked his attendants to take out the gifts for the sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law, and respectfully placed them in front of the sister-in-law.

"This is the dyed fine cloth produced in Nanzhong. It is the softest and most delicate silk. It is no worse than those produced in Suzhou and Hangzhou. This thing is called soap. It is used to clean the skin and bathe. It is the most refreshing and clean. There is also a faint fragrance, which is much better than using saponins! The most peculiar thing is this product, which is called perfume by the locals, and when it is applied on the skin, it has a delicate fragrance."

Seeing her husband's younger brother happily introducing a dazzling array of gifts, which was more enthusiastic than those in Osaka, Tagawa couldn't help lowering his head and pursing his lips and secretly laughing.

"Sister-in-law, you can just use these clothes to make a few sets of twelve orders!" Zheng Zhihu generously gave all the clothes and other things to sister-in-law.

"Thank you uncle for that, but what about the wives of the fourth brother?"

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I still have some gadgets in there, and I will definitely not let the fourth brother lose face!"

Having said that, Zheng Zhibao winked narrowly at Zhihu.

According to the habit of the Fujian people, when the wife is around, they generally don't talk about serious matters. After Mrs. Tian Chuan returns to the back hall, the brothers will start to discuss serious matters.

"Bring it up!"

A dozen of Zhibao's followers each hold a tray, which contains samples of goods brought back from Nanzhong.

"Cotton cloth, refined salt, sugar, armor, nine-turn steel knife, spearhead, musket, and gunpowder are all here!" Zheng Zhibao introduced the items he brought back to the two brothers one by one.

"There are also some pickled food, canned food, etc., which are unloaded at the dock, so I didn't bring them. In addition, there are vegetable oil, wrought iron, etc., because they are too aggressive, and they are all on the dock, so I can't bring them. "

On the wharf, a huge oil basket of three hundred catties was happily transported to the warehouse by the people on the wharf, and the wrought iron ingots were neatly stacked on the pier made of bluestone, and someone was there with an abacus count.

"Vegetable oil, a total of fifty baskets of [-] catties. In addition, two baskets were donated as losses, a total of [-] catties. Fine salt, this time brought back a thousand yin, and shipped it to the inland In mountainous areas, you can get huge profits. Wrought iron, you promised us at least [-] catties per quarter, and this time I brought back [-] catties."

"Cannons! The cannons I want!" Zheng Zhihu looked around on the pier, but he couldn't see the cannons he imagined.

Only some soldiers were nervously carrying gunpowder barrels out of the cabin. Occasionally, a few large and small Francophones were carefully set out from the cabin. Those twelve-pound cannons that were originally planned to be purchased were never seen. .

"Fourth brother, I explained our requirements to Li Shouhan. However, we have rejected our purchase types and ideas. We don't want to buy so many cannons, mainly Flang machine and six-pound guns Mainly. A few twelve-pound guns are enough for the defense of the fort!"

That day, Zheng Zhibao proposed to Li Shouhan the purchase of a twelve-pound cannon, and Shouhan naturally had no objection to this, but when Zheng Zhibao arrived at the artillery field and saw the launch of the twelve-pound cannon, he changed his mind.

"The recoil of the [-]-pound gun is too great. Our Fuchuan and Cangchuan may not be able to withstand such a large impact."

Of course, the shooting scene of the [-]-pound gun that Zhibao saw was more traditional. The gun mounts and gun positions are relatively popular at the moment, and those things made by the South China Army themselves, such as four-wheeled gun carts and spring-loaded guns Frames, rope nets, etc., how can these things be shown to distinguished guests? !Ever since, Zhibao still felt that the Dafo Lang machine, which fired a cannon that was almost the same as the eight-pound cannon, was of high quality and low price, and value for money.The Dafolang machine, which weighs [-] catties, can achieve the same effect as the ten-pound gun. In this way, the eight-pound gun seems meaningless.

"Besides, there is another advantage of Dafo Langji, which is incomparable to the eight-pound gun! It is fast! If you use the gun well, you can fire five guns in one minute at Western time. Big Brother, Fourth Brother, Five Pao, what's going on? If you use Qunzi, you won't see any living things on the deck!"

"Bang!" There was a gunshot from a distance, followed by a scream. The three brothers looked for the sound of the gun. Under a puff of white smoke, a musketeer was squatting on the ground with his face covered. Moaning in pain, the people next to him urgently called for the doctor.

"Damn it!" Zheng Zhihu yelled, the musketeer was one of his soldiers, and he was the bravest on weekdays. He had just escorted the gunpowder into the warehouse. Seeing that the gunpowder bought from Nanzhong was delicate and cute, he couldn't help but feel a little itchy. He took some by hand and put them in his firecrackers to try them out.Unexpectedly, after the trigger was pulled and the matchlock ignited the primer, there was a loud noise, and the chamber exploded!

"Hey! Fourth brother, I didn't have time to talk about this, and this happened! When I bought gunpowder, I tested it with our guns, and it was also prone to explosions. The black gunpowder is finely processed, the particles are uniform, and when it is fired, it is full of white smoke, unlike our gunpowder, which emits a burst of black smoke as soon as it is shot. However, the power of the gunpowder is too strong, and our guns may not be able to bear it."

"I'm fucking Yi Niang!" Zheng Zhihu couldn't help roaring loudly on the pier, startling the people on the side to stay away from this master, and then stay away, lest they would become something called a punching bag if they didn't pay attention.

"Our ships can't use their cannons, and our cannons can't use their gunpowder! If that's the case, why do we buy these rough things?!"

Zheng Zhihu's roar overwhelmed the waves of the sea, and the frightened seabirds flew far away to the direction of Jinmen Island, leaving only a few soldiers to wait on them from afar.

When Zheng Zhihu got tired of roaring and roaring, Zheng Zhilong, who hadn't spoken for a long time, finally opened his mouth: "Fourth, that's good. I plan to use the guns and gunpowder that the fifth bought this time on a few ships. From now on A few ships are the elite among our elites, go back and arrange your ships with your men to see how many ships can be spared to change the guns."

"This is a good idea!" Hearing from the elder brother, he intends to concentrate these guns and gunpowder and equip them in an organized system instead of spreading pepper noodles everywhere. Such an approach will naturally have many benefits for the expansion of his own strength, and Zhihu naturally agrees. .

"Old man, these gunpowder are really good, what's the price?" After watching the newly purchased [-]-jin Dafolang machine fired with the gunpowder of the South China Army, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu, the captain and the general small bosses were all overjoyed.

"A barrel of gunpowder is twenty catties, and the retail price is three taels of silver per barrel. We want more, and it is two taels of silver per barrel."

The price immediately shocked the people present!I'm not a servant?Twenty catties of gunpowder is the cost. The purchase of saltpeter, sulfur, willow charcoal, and the egg whites, butter, radish and sesame seeds used for purification during the processing process, add up all kinds of miscellaneous things, and there is more than two taels of silver!

"Li Shouhan is a good guy!"

People generally think that this is the price of friendship and conscience given by Shou Han to everyone, and at the same time, they can't help but have a good impression of Li Shou Han who has never met.

"Nanzhong is rich, so I don't think I care about the thousand taels of silver. I have been in Nanzhong for several days, and the farmers I saw all went to the fields with farm tools made of fine iron on their shoulders, and they mostly wore fine cotton cloth. Those are the Official slaves who do hard labor also eat three meals a day, with plenty of oil and water."

"Straight mother thief! So rich! Let's grab his vote!"

"Yeah! Go fuck him! We'll have everything!"

The words that Zheng Zhihu blurted out immediately caused strong reactions from the people present, and there was a feeling of echoing everyone.

People began to discuss how to take advantage of the Nanzhong army's unpreparedness, attack a certain coastal city in Nanzhong in one fell swoop, how to dig and plunder, and then burn the city with one hand, and bring the looted guns and gunpowder. Iron property population, sail away.

Only Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao looked at the group of people who were having a heated discussion in front of them with strange eyes, as if they were looking at a group of lunatics or fools.

"Go and grab the South China Army, are you ordered to go in, are you ordered to come out?"

The words of carrying the handle made the discussion that had been in full swing just now suddenly cold.

"Don't talk about other people's guns and other people's boats. Don't forget that these gunpowder guns are all made by others. They can sell you a thousand barrels. At least they have ten thousand barrels and one hundred thousand barrels. You are pitiful for this. How much money can we use to compete with others? What can we compete with? Apart from having more ships and sailors than others, what else can we rely on to have an advantage over others?"

"Also, do you think the sons of Boss Zhang back then, who are now playing with the old thief Liu Xiang, are good hands?"

After getting approval from all the leaders, Zheng Zhibao continued to introduce the situation of the South China Army. "Among the sons, Zhang Xiaoliu, the tiger shark who can fight the most, is now the left-wing commander of the Nanzhong Army Navy. He is stationed in Qiongzhou Prefecture and guards the east gate for the Nanzhong Army! If you want to rob Nanzhong, you can pass Got his threshold?!"

As the leader of the gang, Zheng Zhilong's prestige is unquestionable and unchallengeable, his words immediately cooled down the lively atmosphere.Zheng Zhibao, who was sitting with his hands drooping, quietly tapped his feet with the toe of his boot, signaling him not to continue talking.

"Dear ship owners, this time Zhibao was ordered by his elder brother to go to Nanzhong to discuss trade, and he also brought some gadgets to you. Don't be disgusted with them. I hope you can accept meager things."

With a wave of his hand, dozens of soldiers outside each held a red lacquered wooden plate and filed in.

People fiddled with the three-inch hand mirror in front of them, and looked at themselves in the mirror happily and curiously. This mirror was much clearer than the bronze mirror and the glass mirror of the Francophone. Sao pimples can be seen clearly.

"Fifth Master! Where is this good treasure?! Can I buy a few? There are many women in the house. If I only take this mirror back, I'm afraid the family will kill someone!"

A ship owner roared excitedly, and his words caused a burst of laughter, which was a resonance for everyone.

"Come here, give tea to the captains!"

Several maidservants set up a tea table among the crowd, and began to boil water for Kung Fu tea with a small red clay stove.Most of the people here are native of Fujian. They have been used to drinking tea since they were young. Drinking tea is nothing more than a normal thing.However, the tea sets in the hands of the maids are very attractive to people.

"This is the porcelain made by Nanzhong itself. Everyone, how do you think it is better than Jiangxi porcelain?" Zheng Zhibao picked up a thumb-sized teacup, took a sip, and solved the mystery slowly.

"Hey! Then we have to grab it again! Among other things, it's a good deal to sell these porcelains to those Fulang robots!"

The topic that had been cooled just now was heated up again.

"To rob? Everyone is from Fujian. You can go back to Zhangzhou, Haicheng and other places to ask those fellow villagers who live in Luzon. Who is in Luzon today? The governor of Luzon planned to eat black. After swallowing Li Shouhan's goods, his navy took over the city of Manila in one fell swoop, if not for the fact that the Li family didn't want to break the face with Lu Song, at this moment, Lu Song would probably have all surnamed Li!"

"If someone can break through the city of Manila, how can their own territory be defenseless? It's better not to wishful thinking. If you have the time, why not think about how to find a good buyer for these good things from the Li family and sell them for a price!"

"Fifth Master, tell me, what good things does the Li family have?" People's desires were well guided by Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao on the right path, and people began to no longer think about how to rob the Nanzhong Army. Instead, they began to shift their main thinking to how to do a good job in this kind of entrepot trade.

"In these years, Zhibao, like everyone else, has been haunting the wind and waves, going to and from Luzon, Nagasaki, Hirado, Xiamen and other places. Do you remember that there is one thing in Nagasaki and Hirado that can As money for settlement of accounts?"

"Of course I remember! White sugar!"

"This white sugar is now one of the bulk goods sold by Nanzhong. This time, Zhibao has also been brought to you. Together with the dyed cotton cloth from Nanzhong, they are all outside. You can transport them home later. Taste carefully and compare."

"In addition to these, there are pepper, cinnamon, chili, saffron, etc., a dry spice."

"Straight mother thief! Why didn't we find out that there is such a big cornucopia around us?!"

"Damn Yi! It's not too late!"

"The captain Fang was right. It's not too late now. We are now the Daming Navy, so we have a legitimate reason to haunt the sea and fight against pirates. Just imagine, if the east of Dayuan, the entire water surface of Fujian is covered by us." Forget it, the road route to Fusang is under our control, so the money will flow in like sea water?!"

"Fifth Master, I've been talking about this for a long time. You just use these good and valuable things to tease the little ones. Tell the brothers, how do you feel about your trip to Nanzhong?"

Hearing someone from the crowd ask such a question, Zhibao picked up the teacup in his hand and took a sip. He was carefully recalling what he saw and heard during his trip to South China.

"Do you really want to hear it?"

"Is there still a fake?"

People responded in confusion.

"As I said just now, like everyone else, I have traveled many places. When I set my feet on the ground of Nanzhong, I feel different from other places. The streets are wide, the houses are tidy, and the people in the market are full of life. They are neatly dressed, no garbage, sewage or feces can be seen on the street, and all the people who come and go are busy, and there are almost no idle people. After nightfall, the streets are brightly lit, and people can enjoy a meal in various taverns and restaurants. After Zhongmai got drunk and returned to Xiamen, although this was his own place, he saw sewage flowing everywhere on the street, garbage everywhere, and I don’t know which ship owner’s people actually urinated in public. Zhibao felt sick for a while. Not to mention the forest of guns and the strength of armored soldiers, you can see the difference in this alone."

All of a sudden, it hit everyone's vital point. These men who make a living at sea, take the typhoon and huge waves as nothing, cannon fire like rain, and talk and laugh freely, but when it comes to these government affairs management, it is everyone's shortcoming.They even did a lot of what Zhibao said about urinating in the street.

"So, this South China Army is really evil!"

Zheng Zhihu clicked his tongue and couldn't help being amazed.

Seeing that there was nothing new to talk about, Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to announce, "Today we will be everywhere, everyone is gone!" Many leaders and ship owners went to the yard very excitedly and happily received their cotton, sugar, nine After turning on the steel armor, they dispersed happily.

"Five! Where are the gadgets you promised me?!" Zheng Zhihu squeezed Zheng Zhibao tightly, making strange noises on purpose as a threat. "It's okay not to give it, it's okay to fool your fourth brother with these things!"

"Then how can I forget it! But, fourth brother, how is your health recently?" Zhi Xi smiled at Zhi Hu.His eyes were full of malicious looks.

"I'm so fierce now that dragons and tigers are so fierce that I even beat a few tigers to death! What's wrong?"

"That's good! Come!"

A soldier of Zhibao heard the sound and ran over, Zhibao whispered a few words in his ear, and the soldier rushed away.

After a while, the soldier rushed over with a tightly wrapped brocade box in his hand.

"Fourth brother, our brother's things can't be the same as other people's. I brought you this for you and your sister-in-law's boudoir to add to the fun. However, fourth brother, your energy will be greatly damaged by then. do not blame me!"

"Stop talking nonsense, your fourth brother still needs these tiger and wolf medicines?" Zheng Zhihu was very dissatisfied, and pretended to throw out the brocade box.

"The one said it was tiger wolf medicine?! This is a good product produced in Nanzhong! It is called ice silk stockings and sexy underwear! You go back and let your sisters-in-law wear them, and you will know the beauty of them!"

After Zhihu heard this, he immediately put the brocade box into his bosom, and tucked the skirt and robe belt tightly, lest the brocade box would fall out.

Seeing his fourth brother leaving excitedly, Zhi Bao turned around and was about to step into the courtyard, but found that his eldest brother had been standing at the gate of the courtyard for a long time, and his eyes did not know where he was looking.

"Big brother, big brother?"

"Old Five, based on your knowledge, how should we get along with the South China Army?" Zheng Zhilong turned his eyes away from infinite distance, and murmured to Fifth Brother.

"Brother, now that we have signed a business agreement with the South China Army, we should take advantage of the opportunity we have just accepted to recruit, and clean up all the people, large and small, along the coast, so that my Zheng family can become the exclusive In this way, our business with the Nanzhong Army will be easier to do!"

"and then?"

"Then? It is to maximize our advantage of controlling the routes and waterways, and to divide the business with the Fusang daimyos and the Tokugawa shogunate with the Nanzhong Army! He sells the items he produces to the Fusang clans Daming, we will sell all kinds of materials produced in the mainland to Fusang, and by the way, sell the things of Fusang to the mainland!"

"do you have anything else?"

"Then there is trade with the Dutch, Spaniards, Portuguese, and Frangipani!"

One month later, Zheng Zhibao's fleet appeared in Hue again. This time, in addition to gold and silver, there were also a thousand households recruited from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou.

"In order to benefit Sangzi, my elder brother recruited more than [-] people in his hometown at the price of one head of cattle for one person going to sea, two yuan for two people going to sea, four yuan for two people going to sea, and a cow for three people going to sea. The marshal took him in, and the cattle price and leopard had already been brought with the ship. In addition, my brother planned to follow the example of Captain Yan Siqi, who was also his sworn elder brother, and continue to recruit farmers to go to the big man for reclamation. Please don't hesitate to sell some wrought iron farm tools to the marshal. I wait!"